Troy Preschool: Schroeder 3’s, 4’s, & 5’s – Weekly Happenings: April 29th – May 3rd

Description KDI’s
Greeting Monday: Approaches to Learning – initiative,
1. Toy Area and Book Area card with photograph of books, Sand and Water Table Area card with photograph of water, Sand and Water Table Area engagement, reflection
Time card with photograph of Velcro board, discussed what would be out for the week
2. New letter links written, Gloria’s name, students thought of other words that begin with g that her letter link could be, students came up with grass, Social/Emotional – sense of competence,
guess, gas, and giraffe community, building relationships, moral
3. Shapes written, picture of a cube, a sphere, a cylinder, and a cone, reviewed these shapes, introduced students to rectangular prisms, talked about development
items that are in the shape of a rectangular prism
Physical/Health – fine-motor skills, body
Tuesday: awareness
1. Do you have a sister written, chart, students learned who does and doesn’t have a sister, tally marks were made, students compared the amounts and
leaned more people don’t have sisters Language/Literacy/Communication –
2. Photograph of oatmeal, an oval, an octopus, and an owl, students stated that they all begin with letter o, practiced making both sounds comprehension, speaking, vocabulary,
3. New letter links written, Isaac’s name, students came up with words that begin with I, they came up with icicle, igloo, and ice-cube phonological awareness, alphabetic
knowledge, reading, concepts about print,
Wednesday: book knowledge, writing
1. Drawing of Mrs. Chowdhury and of Ms. Radha, explained how Ms. Radha would be our substitute because Mrs. Chowdhury would be absent
2. Shapes written, photograph of a cube, a cylinder, a sphere, a cone, and a rectangular prism, reviewed the shapes, picture of a triangular prism, Mathematics – number words and symbols,
students learned about triangular prisms counting, part-whole relationships, shapes,
3. It is a new month written, drawing of an outside scene, explained how it is now May and it is still spring data analysis

Thursday: Creative Arts – N/A

1. Respect written, photograph of students ignoring their teacher, explained how we have been upset because many have been ignoring us by talking
as we are talking or playing as we are talking, reviewed times of the day when to be silly and when to be focused, explained how respect means Science/Technology – observing, classifying,
looking and listening to who is speaking drawing conclusions, communicating ideas
2. Picture of a vest, a vacuum, an oval, and an octopus, students sorted the words by beginning sounds
3. Writer’s workshop written, drawing of a girl catching a butterfly, students labeled the picture by sounding out the words and using invented Social Studies – community roles, decision
spelling, students created a sentence making, geography, history

Friday:
1. Mystery sentences written, all sentences from this week written on board, students read them
2. Shape walk written, drawing of a rectangular prism, a triangular prism, and a cone, students discussed what they saw in the hallway
3. New classroom items written, art area card, drawing of Work Time schedule sign, explained how we would be putting new items out in the art area
during work time

*What did each morning: wrote their names, read/looked at books, sang Time to Put Books Away song, stated day of week, stated the weather, wrote numbers
22 – 24 on board stating number poems, stated who had jobs each day (identifying those by their letter links, the first letter in their name, and the beginning
sound of their name, and their last name)*
Small  During writer’s workshop, students reviewed how to make lists and how to make stories. We discussed different types of lists (grocery list, to do Approaches to Learning – initiative,
list, phone list, birthday list, etc.). We discussed how authors use pictures and words to tell stories. Students had the option of creating a list or engagement, use of resources, reflection
Group
creating a story.
Time Social/Emotional – community, building
 Students made patterns with shapes. Each student was provided with either two or three shapes (triangles, squares, circles). Students made a relationships, cooperative play
simple or complex pattern using the shapes. They glued the shapes onto a piece of paper. Some students translated the shape pattern to a number or
letter pattern. They wrote these patterns on their paper. Physical/Health – fine-motor skills, body
awareness
 Students went on a shape walk. They looked for 3 dimensional shapes. They looked for cones, rectangular prisms, and triangular prisms. They
recorded the information using a chart. They made a tally mark for each shape that they found. At the end, we compared amounts. We discussed Language/Literacy/Communication –
which shape we saw the most of and which shape we saw the least of by counting the tally marks using 1:1 correspondence. comprehension, speaking, vocabulary,
phonological awareness, alphabetic
 Students made flowers for the bulletin board. They made the flowers using ripped up pieces of paper and glue. knowledge, reading, concepts about print,
book knowledge, writing
 Students sorted their shoes. They sat in a circle and took off their shoes. They suggested how we could sort them into piles. They suggested
sorting them by gender, by color, by size, etc. Mathematics – number words and symbols,
counting, part-whole relationships, shapes,
patterns, data analysis
 Creative Arts – art

Science/Technology – observing, classifying,

drawing conclusions, communicating ideas

Social Studies – decision making

Large Monday: Approaches to Learning – initiative,
Group  Easy to Join Activity – sang Come on Over and Sit Right Down song engagement
 Song Book taken out, Oliver got to choose the song, sang I Wonder What Song He’ll Pick Today, chose the song Little Miss Muffet, students acted it
Time out Social/Emotional – community, building
relationships, cooperative play
Tuesday:
 Easy to Join Activity – sang Come on Over and Sit Right Down song Physical/Health – gross-motor skills, body
 Song Book taken out, students introduced to the song 5 Little Ducks, students acted it out, subtraction was discussed awareness

Wednesday: Language/Literacy/Communication –
 Easy to Join Activity – sang Come on Over and Sit Right Down song comprehension, speaking, vocabulary,
 Song Book taken out, students reviewed the song 5 Little Ducks, students acted it out, subtraction was discussed phonological awareness

Thursday: Mathematics – number words and symbols,

counting, part-whole relationships
 Easy to Join Activity – sang Come on Over and Sit Right Down song
 Song Book taken out, students reviewed the song 5 Little Ducks, students acted it out, subtraction was discussed
Creative Arts – music, movement, pretend
play
Friday:
 Easy to Join Activity – sang Come on Over and Sit Right Down song
Science/Technology – observing, drawing
 Song Book taken out, students reviewed the song 5 Little Ducks, students acted it out, subtraction was discussed conclusions, communicating ideas

Social Studies – decision making

Planning Mornings: Approaches to Learning – initiative, planning,
Time  Laid out area card chart, placed paper towel tube over areas, placed shapes down tube on areas where wanted to go play engagement
 Laid out area card chart, wrote first letter of first name underneath areas where wanted to go play
 Laid out area card chart, chose an animal and placed it on areas where wanted to go play Social/Emotional – building relationships
 Passed around square bean 9 bag while saying poem Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe, when done student holding beanbag stated where wanted to go play
 Took turns lacing 3 dimensional shapes onto string to make a pattern, after lacing shape on stated where wanted to go play Physical/Health – fine-motor skills

Afternoons: Language/Literacy/Communication –
 Planning chart on back of door everyday, place area cards where want to go play behind own letter link comprehension, speaking, vocabulary,
concepts about print, writing

Mathematics – shapes, patterns

Creative Arts – pretend play

Science/Technology – communicating ideas

Social Studies – decision making, geography

Recall Mornings: Approaches to Learning –engagement,
Time  Letter links placed into container, teacher pulled letter link, students stated whose it was, that student spoke about where went and played reflection
 Laid out area card chart, looked at initials, discussed if went to the areas that planned on going to
 Students given a bucket, grabbed two items that played with and did a show and tell Social/Emotional – building relationships
 Teacher described a person at the table, the person described shared what did
 Took turns taking 3 dimensional shapes off string, after taking shape off shared what did Physical/Health – fine-motor skills

Afternoons: Language/Literacy/Communication –
 Scarves placed into container, teacher hid eyes as students pulled out and hid them, teacher stated a color, that student spoke about what did comprehension, speaking, vocabulary
 Laid out area card chart, chose a doll and placed it on areas where went and played
Mathematics – shapes
 Students picked whose turn it was go share where went and played by using pointer stick and stating each other’s names
  Students sat in a circle, rolled ball to one another, person that received ball shared what did Creative Arts – art, pretend play
 Students drew a picture of what they did during work time
Science/Technology – drawing conclusions,
communicating ideas

Social Studies – geography, history

Other Literature: Approaches to Learning – initiative,
 Students spent time looking at books. They did this at greeting time, snack time, work time, rest time, outside time, afternoon snack time, and engagement, use of resources
afternoon work time.
Social/Emotional – sense of competence,
Sensory Table: community, building relationships,
 Inside the sensory table was water. cooperative play, moral development, conflict
resolution
Outside:
 While outside, students observed and explored the world. Students played on the swings, on the jungle gyms, on the slides, on the merry-go-round, Physical/Health – gross-motor skills, fine-
and in the sandbox. Some students played chase and catch. Some played hide and seek. Students are pretending to be villains and superheroes and motor skills, body awareness
are catching one another. Teachers are helping students to learn to swing by themselves by pumping their legs. Teachers are modeling how to do
this. Also, teachers are helping students go across the monkey bars. Language/Literacy/Communication –
 Students had to go to the gym due to the weather. While in the gym students played with hockey sticks, balls, jump ropes, and hula hoops. Also, a comprehension, speaking, vocabulary,
mat was set out for students to do tricks across. phonological awareness, alphabetic
knowledge, reading, concepts about print,
Work Time: book knowledge
 Students are deciding who they want to play with and what they want to play with, with more detail.
 Students are beginning to problem solve on their own and come to teachers if they need some help. Mathematics – N/A
 Students are independent during their play and ask teachers to participate in their play with them.
Creative Arts – art, pretend play
 Students are engaging in a lot of pretend play scenarios. Many are playing house and pretending to be restaurant owners, pets, firefighters, etc.
 Students are respecting one another by listening to each others thoughts and ideas. Science/Technology – observing, drawing
conclusions, communicating ideas, natural and
physical world

Social Studies – community roles, decision

making, geography